Iowa is the crossroads of our footprint. I-35 runs north to Minnesota and south to Texas, I-80 runs east and west, and they meet at Des Moines. Practically speaking, that means Rock On equipment is in or near Iowa more often than a map of our headquarters would suggest, which gives us flexibility on timing that a carrier repositioning from farther out cannot match.
Iowa work itself is a mix of highway and roadway aggregate, hot mix support during the paving season and general freight on the interstate lanes. Because we run dry vans and flatbeds alongside our dump fleet, an Iowa customer can hand us more than one kind of load without adding a second carrier.
Iowa at a glance
Where we run in Iowa
Des Moines
The I-35 and I-80 junction and the center of gravity for our Iowa work.
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City
The eastern corridor along I-380 and I-80, steady construction and freight volume.
Quad Cities / Davenport
Mississippi River industrial work on the Illinois border.
Sioux City & northwest Iowa
The I-29 corridor, easily combined with our South Dakota and Nebraska-border runs.
Waterloo & Cedar Falls
North-central Iowa projects along US-20.
Northern Iowa & the I-35 corridor
Mason City and the lane that connects Iowa work directly to our Minnesota base.
Not on the list? We do not stop at city or state lines. Tell us where the job is and we will tell you honestly whether we have capacity for it.
What we haul in Iowa
Iowa sees the widest mix of trailer types of any state we serve, because so much of it is corridor freight.
Sand, gravel and rock for roadway and site work.
View service →Paving support and roadway aggregate during the build season.
View service →I-35 and I-80 lanes in every direction.
View service →Building materials, steel and equipment on open deck.
View service →Enclosed freight for loads that have to stay out of the weather.
View service →Why Iowa is easy for us to cover
We are already passing through
Our Minnesota and Texas lanes both run through Iowa on I-35. Capacity that is already moving is capacity we can commit to your job without a repositioning charge baked in.
More than one trailer type
Dump, flatbed and van freight from a single carrier. If your Iowa operation ships more than one kind of load, that consolidates vendors.
Owned fleet, owned shop
60+ company trucks and 75+ trailers backed by our own repair facility, so a mechanical problem in Iowa does not become a week-long hole in your schedule.
Have a job in Iowa?
Tell us what you are hauling, where it is going and when you need it. Our estimating team specs the right equipment and gets you a fast, fair quote.
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Home state. Waite Park HQ, statewide capacity.
View MN coverage →Active Texas operation, hiring drivers and owner operators.
View TX coverage →Red River Valley, Bismarck and the Bakken.
View ND coverage →Sioux Falls, the I-29 corridor and the Black Hills.
View SD coverage →St. Croix Valley, Eau Claire, Madison and Milwaukee.
View WI coverage →